During a night raid, October 1940, they fell victim to a line of bomb damage from Portwood, Cheadle Heath and Cheadle as a bomber tracked a train on the railway line.

The photographs were taken by an Air Raid Warden the morning after the bombing.

The house on the left is No 12, the home of Tom and Louisa Nyland and their children Tom aged 4 and Maureen aged 2. Mrs Nyland received a head wound but no one was killed. The house was rebuilt and the family moved back into the house after the war.

Patrick Nyland Date : 03/05/2014

Here is Jack Oldham’s fascinating account of his wartime experience on the estate.